Definition of Curling iron

1. Noun. A cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it.


Definition of Curling iron

1. Noun. A heated cylindrical device for curling the hair. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curling Iron

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Literary usage of Curling iron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mechanical Appliances, Mechanical Movements and Novelties of Construction: A by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1910)
"ELECTRIC CURLING-IRON HEATER. A resistance coil of iron wire insulated by asbestos, inclosed in a brass tube, to receive the curling tongs. ..."

2. Mechanical Appliances, Mechanical Movements and Novelties of Construction by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1904)
"ELECTRIC CURLING-IRON HEATER. A resistance coil of iron wire insulated by asbestos, inclosed in a brass tube, to receive the curling tongs. ..."

3. Science and Industry (1900)
"Procure a piece of 14-gauge insulated copper wire from 8 to 10 inches long, a curling iron, and a few feet of insulated wire such as is used for swinging ..."

4. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"[calamus], a tube of in» for curling the hair, curling-iron, crisping - pin ... curled viA the curling-iron, crisped, curled: coma: saltator, ie effeminate. ..."

5. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1910)
"The Electric curling iron A"( )\('i this season's holiday nov- appeared the electric curling iron, an appliance already very popular throughout the West, ..."

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